Umpiring Fastpitch Softball

Episode 63 - Umpiring Morality and Other Tips

2025-04-30

In this episode, we respond to a listener question and that sparks some further discussion on tips that we can share.

Before we get into the meat of the episode, Pete starts us off with a correction from last episode regarding the running lane interference rules across sanctions prompted by some great listener feedback from Carlos in Hawaii.

Next, we respond to a question from Jessica in Illinois about how to correctly umpire some player behavior that might be "ethically wrong" and play in the gray area of the rules.

After that, we talk about a video that made the rounds of an umpire taking a pitch after having forgotten to don his mask. That prompts us to talk about how to try to avoid that and leads us into some other tips for newer umpires.

Thanks again to all of the listener feedback that helped drive this - and other - episodes. We desire that feedback and are very grateful.

As always, if you want to weigh in with your opinions, you can email us at podcast@umpiringfastpitchsoftball.com, leave a comment at UmpiringFastpitchSoftball.com, or comment on this episode on Facebook - just search for Umpiring Fastpitch Softball

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